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Some Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients Might Be Spared Axillary Node Dissection
Some Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients May Be Spared Axillary Node Dissection
M.G. Sullivan
20071118
2007 Dec 18
Elsevier Global Medical News
Some Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients Might Be Spared Axillary Node Dissection
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2007 Dec 18, M.G. Sullivan
SAN ANTONIO (EGMN) - Analysis of more than 1,100 breast cancer patients in a phase III clinical trial suggests that axillary node dissection after a positive sentinel node biopsy might be unnecessary in women who have only a single positive node and very small tumors with no lymphovascular involvement."Although in the majority of patients with positive sentinel nodes, an axillary node dissection is considered necessary, a completion dissection might be avoided in these patients with a combination...